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Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad.
~ WASHINGTON ALLSTON
The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected; if the policy is sound it ought to be supported.
~ James Monroe
We get into wisdom the hard way, through the Lord's instruction and discipline, through being chastened and corrected.
~ Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.
MEEEEE!" it bellowed. She jumped back again, dropping the basket lid. What the devil? She opened it again, and looked down at the wee thing. "MEEEEEE!" "Good heavens, you are loud," she told it. "I thought cats were supposed to say 'meow.' There are two syllables in meow." "MEEEEEE!" It corrected vehemently and with great singularity.
~ Julie Anne Long
Americans are nature-lovers: but they only admit of nature proofed and corrected by man.
~ Simone de Beauvoir
Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad.
~ WASHINGTON ALLSTON
Actually Gabriel's an archangel, " I corrected. "But otherwise, yes.""Well, that explains why he's so hard to impress, " said Xavier flippantly
~ Alexandra Adornetto, Halo
It was an annoying name to have. People tended to spell in Mangus, rhymes with Angus. I always corrected them: No, it's Magnus, rhymes with swagness. At which point they would stare at me blankly.
~ Rick Riordan
Hey, guys! Grover yelled somewhere above us. I think she's unconscious! Roooaaarrr! Maybe not, Grover corrected.
~ Rick Riordan
You are singing to the preacher, said J.Lo. Preaching to the choir, I corrected him. Yes. This thing.
~ Adam Rex
Sorry, Bill. I just have this awful vision of being p-peeled like an onion, looking for the seeds. He grinned. Onions don't have seeds, Cordelia. I stand corrected, she said dryly.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Soil drainage is particularly important, but even that can be corrected, either with tiling or raised beds.
~ Maggie Oster
Can we visit her tonight?" I asked. "May we?" Janine, Mom, and Dad all corrected me at once.
~ Ann M. Martin
The decisive butt-kicking he was about to give the Dalmeyer hose would constitute the end of FIRPO in the world, and all, including Ma, would have to bow down before him, saying, Wow wow wow, do we ever stand corrected in terms of you, how could someone FIRPO hatch and execute such a daring manly plan? The crowd was on its feet
~ George Saunders
So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell. Not basically, Win corrected. Entirely.
~ Harlan Coben
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one that's easily corrected. The reason I say that is that many of the diseases that we treat around the world, I knew when I was a child. My mother was a registered nurse. And they no longer exist in our country.
~ Jimmy Carter
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
~ Ronald Knox
Bark, bark," Jim said behind me. "Jim, what's your problem?" I asked as I reached out to open the glass-fronted door. "I think perhaps I am the problem," a smooth, silky, extremely sexy voice said behind us. "Oh, crap," I swore, letting my hand drop. "You are in France. The correct word ismerde," Rene corrected gently. "Sorry. Merde.
~ Katie MacAlister
Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.
~ John Berger
In antiquity the sage kings recognized that men's nature is bad and that their tendencies were not being corrected and their lawlessness controlled.
~ Xunzi
Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
In case you were wondering, Jacobi said, you snore. Purr, I corrected. I purr.
~ James Patterson
When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south, Gran told Birle. Not empty, Granda corrected her. The forest is never empty.
~ Cynthia Voigt
I wouldn't have a face like that,' proceeded the child, with a good deal of earnestness, 'not if you gave me a million dollars.' He thought for a moment, then corrected himself. 'Two million dollars!' he added.
~ P.G. Wodehouse